Gas-cooling and gasolene-separating apparatus.



No. 867,505. PATENTED OUT. 1, 1907 12. HA$TINGS & A. W. BRINK. GAS 000mm AND G-ASO'LENE SEPARATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 10. 1906.

2 sHzETss'HEET 1 .4 TTORNE VS PATENTED OCT. 1, 1907. D. HASTINGS & A. w. BRINK. Y GAS 000mm AND GASOLENE SEPARATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 10. 1906.

TTOR/VE Y5 v UNITED i smrssrgsm orrron I DENNIS HASTINGS AND ANDREWI'W. BRINK, or New MAuTIusvILLn-wEsT VIR INIA- eAs-oooune AND eAsQLE E-SE ARATING APPABA'rUs.

-To'i1ll whom it may concern:

.Be it known that we, DENNIS HAs'rmos and'Aiir nnsw W. Bums, citizens of the United States, r'esid-' ing at' New Martinsville, in thecounty of Wetzel and State 6f West Virginia: havei-nveuted a new and useful Gas-Cooling and *Ga solene-Sepamting I Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, This invention relates to apparatus-for cooling compressed gas and separating gasolene and other light liquid hydro-carbons from natural 'gasfat the compl essing station or at tlye well. I

One of the principal. objects of the provide ineansof simple and comparatively inexpen sive construction in which the gas under natural pressure from the well, or alter being artifically compressed, .is brought into contact with water which serves of water or other liquid, and then is allowcdto slightly expand, in order to reduce the velocity, and to permit the more ready separation of the ,lightliquid hydrocarbon and impurities.

With thesc and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists .in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying draulings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it bcing understood that various changcsin the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanyingdrawings:-Figure 1 is a plan .view, partly in the nature of a diagram, of an apparatus invention is to specification of- Letters rarest, Application shimmers 10,1906. sensin 347,148.'

for cooling compressed gas and separating gasolene Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures oi the drawings.

The apparatus shown in Fig.1 is located in a stream of running water or in a reservoir of water, as indicated The gas under compression enters through a header 1:"), :iud passes through a plurality of pipes 16 to ,Patented oet. 1,19%

an intermediate header 17, from whichthe gas flows at slightly ,rediiced temperature through a series of pipes 18 which lead to separating pipes 19 of greater the pipes 18 is arranged a liquid spray tube 22, through which water or-oil is forced under pressure froma suitable pump 23, the liquid being atomized, so as to more i thoroughly intermingle with the stream of gas. The

atomized liquid is preferably at a low temperature and reduces the temperature of the gas to. a considerable extent, it being understood that the gas under natural or artificial pressure is highly heated.

The mingled gas and water or oil passes into tlie'separating pipes 19, which, being of larger diameter than the pipes 18, permits expansiou of the gas and slightly checks the speed at which the streams of gas are moving, so that there is ample opportunity for the scparw tion of the gasolene and other light hydro-carbons, and impurities from the gas Iproperg- All of the liquid will flow by gravity to'the lower portions of the pipes 19, while the gas is free to pass off through the pipe 20 to the discharge header 21. The liquid flows from the dischargeend of each pipe 19 through a small pipe 25 to a receiving pipe 26, from which it flows by gravity, or is pumped to a collecting tank 30, the liquid passing through an automatic trap or traps 31 in order prevent the passage of the gas into the receivingtank. If

lower portion of the tank to the suction side of the force pump 23.

It is found in practice that where the gas is heated by high compression andcooled in the manner described,

the sudden change thetemperature of the gas precipitates a quantity of gasolene-thereirom, and this is found to be a very economical and profitable methodof gathering gasoleue without'interfering with the fl0w,-

the gas, the frictionin the pipe line is considerablyreduced', and as the impurities are separated from the gas during the washing process, there is less deposit inthe pipe lines.

Where the ,inventionis used in connection with natural gas, either at the Well or at any point in a pipe-line leading therefrom; the structure is modified as shown in,

' or reducing the candle power of the gas. A further advantage gained isthat by.reducing the temperatureot Fig. 2. In this case the pipe 35 through which the i stream of. gas flows from the well, is oonnecteilto two branch pipes 36, and thence flows through smaller pipes '37 into a liquid reservoir 38 which in the present instance is shown in the form of an elongated tube. The inner portions of the pipes 37 are-provided with nu-x morons perforations through which the gs-flmvsin 1 5 ,ceiying'pipe 42, and thence passing to'a' storageoscolv miniite streams, and the pipes are submerged int he liquid, in said reservoir 38, so that the gas eompelled,

'to pass through' the 1iqnid,'end in so doing willbe coolbd, 'and at the same timewill permit the separation -thorefrom of the gasolene and other light hydro-caibons,

after which the gas passes off through pipes 39m indisehagge pipe 40. The gasolene-separates-from 'the liqhid in the reservoir 38 by gravity, rising to the top of subh, liquid, .and flowing off through pipes 41 to a re looting tank i V I By using this device, the gasolelle is sepztrated from the natural gas zit very-slight expense, without stopca dle power thereoi, e cl m In appqratus for l'emoving'gas olene from ggss nder: c0m-.

pr'ession, 'reservoir-bonstructed -to contaiufa, cooling-fluid,

.means for dlseh'arglpg the'liqui'd condensed ln'sald a plurality 'of headerslsrmnged in themese vol qoollng 25 streams of gas. I v. e

In testimony that We,'c lalm.the tj a rego ing as our own, we

have hereto z fiixet l. our slgnatnres in .th' presence 0! two \vitnesses, V

D NivIS HASTIN S. NDREW W. DRINK.

Witnesses:

.A. 'E. LARIHCK, D. V. LEMON, 

